Want a recipe for a classic Italian Chocolate Chip Cookies? Italian cookies are lighter than European shortbread, and have more crunch than chewy American cookies.…

The sun is shinning and the temperature is rising here in Como. The first Pesche Noce have arrived at the Como Market! My mind immediately…

Today I discovered a packet of hulled barley grains in the cupboard. Part of the lockdown shopping madness! While I could have made a nice…

Who doesn’t love a warm bowl of soup to wrap your hands around on a cold day? Fennel Soup is one of my personal favourites,…

Easy Thai Fish cakes are just the thing for a quick but yummy dinner during this lockdown. It has been seriously difficult having to cook…

With Home Schooling still happening here in Italy, afternoon tea break is a big part of our day. What could be nicer than a delicious…

Who Doesn’t love a light icy Italian Gelato? Full of flavour and refreshingly light. Most summer evenings in Italy we enjoy a Gelato while strolling…

This week called for something from home, Tea Cake or Brambrack as we call it in Ireland. Here in Como, the morning air is still…

Create your own Sourdough Starter, it is really very easy. During the COVID Lockdown we are all spending much more time at home, and its…

1. How often should I feed my sourdough starter? The minimum is once a week for a starter kept in the fridge, or once a…

Are you new to baking with Sourdough? This is a great easy recipe for delicious light sourdough bread rolls with that distinctive sourdough crust. Have…

#Easter #Baking #LessYeast #SaveTheYeast #Buns #HotCrossBuns #QuarantineRecipe #Ilovecooking #yummy It’s Easter time and we are still on Lockdown. I made these with my Daughter Aoife…

Running out of yeast? Want to let your yeast stock last longer? You can use WAY LESS dried yeast than you think. Read on for…

During this lockdown I am making bread rolls almost every day, they are perfect for filling for lunch time sandwiches, Hamburgers for dinner or just…

Today is another day in COVID-19 Quarantine in Como. It is Sunday and the kids wanted to do something fun for this sunny day, so…

This Gluten free soda bread recipe, is the result of lots of experiments and home, and lots of tastings by the kids! So this one…

#quarantine #corona #IrishSodaBread #bakingbread #easybaking #noyeast #quickbread #healthybread This soda bread started me on my bread making adventure many years ago, but that’s a story…

#Piadina #lockdown #quarantine #iostoacasa #stayathome #cookingduringcorona What ever the hashtag, this recipe is perfect during this period of staying at home during the Corona virus…

This is a great first bread to begin with. It couldn’t be simpler. You need a nice freshly fed sourdough starter (see my 7 days…

Sourdough prepared the old fashioned way, before added gluten and fast-rising yeast became the norm, may be one solution for those who can’t tolerate gluten.…

“It’s a momentous time for bread. That’s especially satisfying, given the years it spent as a bad word in our diet vocabulary: High carb! High…

We had great fun recently at our Colourful pasta class, where we made fresh egg pasta, coloured with beetroot & spinach to create some beautiful…

This is the traditional Neapolitan Pizza Dough recipe that we use in our Cooking Class in Como, no oil, not too much salt, just perfectly…

During our Pizza cooking classes, we have been making lots and lots of yummy Neapolitan pizza dough. But one household can only eat so much…

Todays class was very special because of the wonderful group we had from New Jersey, USA. Thanks for all the laughs guys, I hope you…